Sixteen years ago TicTac, a charity based in Liskeard that provides health information and advice for young people, moved into their current facility which from day one had a leaking roof. Since the charity was formed it has grown significantly and from its original one room it has now taken over the entire building. However, the problem with the roof continued as TicTac did not have the money to spend on it; this meant the charity would have had to close the facility next year.

Some of our gifted and talented year 10 science and maths students recently undertook a very challenging two day project. The scenario they had to deal with was a fictional forthcoming global catastrophe. Of course, if this was happening for real, it would be essential that real options for possible solutions would need to be found as soon as possible, in order that there was the maximum amount of time to save as many people as possible. That is why the students who undertook this project had to consider a huge amount of information and come up with relevant ideas within very tight time deadlines.

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Liskeard School & Community College is a member of SMART (South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust). SMART is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number 7542166. The registered office is at saltash.net Community School, Wearde Road, Saltash, Cornwall. PL12 4AY. Tel: 01752 843715.